Missouri State University residence halls focus of drug investigations

A series of three drug-related warrants served inside Missouri State University residence halls on Wednesday resulted in police seizing various narcotic equipment and marijuana, including a marijuana plant.

Court documents indicate police were working in part off an unnamed source's tip that students are allegedly transporting drugs from St. Louis and selling them, including at the campus library. In the warrants, police also detailed reports where marijuana or paraphernalia were found or suspected in three on-campus residence halls and two vehicles on campus.

The reports range from early November to the end of February. In November, a resident assistant located a bong in a Sunvilla Tower apartment while investigating a noise complaint, the search warrant said.

The warrants also detailed police seeing what was suspected to be marijuana in a vehicle on a campus parking lot, along with other drug paraphernalia in the same vehicle. Police also detailed finding a bong in a separate vehicle with what appeared to be marijuana at the beginning of February.

Police investigated the smell of marijuana coming from a Blair-Shannon House room multiple times this year. A Sunvilla room was also investigated multiple times for the smell of marijuana, and a Hammons House room was investigated at least once, according to search warrant documents.

In at least one instance where a room shared a common area but had separate bedrooms, roommates allowed police to search their bedroom area, resulting in no drugs being located.

During the Feb. 27 search, police located narcotic equipment, marijuana and liquor in a Blair-Shannon House room.

In Hammons House, a marijuana plant was located, along with white powder in pills, described as "dangerous drugs" in the police incident report.

Adderall was located in addition to bongs, pipes and liquor in the Sunvilla room.

No charges appear to have been filed as a result of the searches, according to court records Friday night.

Four people were specifically listed in the search warrants as having criminal history, including Damon Washington, Jonathan Williams, Joshua Zebro and Patrick Mohan.

Washington's history includes past arrests for receiving stolen property, misdemeanor peace disturbance, first degree property damage and possession of a controlled substance, according to the warrant. He also received a citation for Springfield Municipal Court for possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana and narcotic paraphernalia.

Williams has past arrests for DWI with a second count of leaving the scene of an accident, second degree burglary with a second count of misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor possession of marijuana with a second count of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia as well as a municipal court citation in Springfield for possessing less than 35 grams of marijuana, according to the warrant.

Zebro has past arrests for possession of drug paraphernalia, disorderly conduct and DWI, the warrant said. Mohan has a past arrest for possession of marijuana, according to the warrant.

Incident summaries from Springfield police said one male was arrested in Blair-Shannon on Feb. 27 for drugs, paraphernalia and possession of alcohol by a minor.

One male was also arrested in Sunvilla for possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana, according to police reports.

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Missouri State University residence halls focus of drug investigations

A series of three drug-related warrants served inside Missouri State University residence halls on Wednesday resulted in police seizing various narcotic equipment and marijuana, including a marijuana